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INN

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
INN, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§558;
A dwelling, house, chamber, lodging
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  • Næs Beówulf ðǽr ac wæs óðer in ǽr geteohhod

    Beowulf was not there, but other lodging had before been assigned to him,

    • Beo. Th. 2604
      • ;
    • B. 1300.

  • Ðá eode hé tó his inne ðǽr hé hine restan wolde

    intravit cubiculum, quo dormire disponebat,

    • Bd. 2, 12
      • ;
    • S. 513, 18
      • :
    • Cd. 76
      • ;
    • Th. 94, 25
      • ;
    • Gen. 1567
      • :
    • Judth. 10
      • ;
    • Thw. 22, 21
      • ;
    • Jud. 70
      • .

  • Hé com tó his inne

    venit in domum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 13, 36
      • .

  • Sóna swá hí út of ðam inne eodon

    directly they went out of the house,

    • Guthl. 11
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 54, 16
      • .

  • Ðá lǽdde heó hine on ða cyrcan . . . and on ðam ylcan inne hé oncneów hwæt ðǽr inne wæs

    then she led him into the church . . . and in the same house he recognized what was therein,

    • 22
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 96, 23-98. 5
      • .

  • Ðá hé tó his inne com hé hine ǽnne ðǽr inne beleác and hine sylfne ofslóh

    when he came to his house, he shut himself in alone, and slew himself,

    • Ors. 4, 5
      • ;
    • Bos. 81, 39
      • :
    • Homl. Th. ii. 490, 10
      • .

  • Se steorra him ðæs cildes inn gebícnode

    the star pointed out to them [the Magi] the child's lodging,

    • Homl. Th. i. 110, 16
      • .

  • Ðǽr Petrus inn hæfde

    where Peter lodged,

    • 372, 34.
Etymology
[
Laym. he hafde an in iȝarked toȝeines him
:
Orm. þær he wass at inne
:
A. R. in
:
Piers. P. where dowel was at inne
:
Icel. inni; n. abode, home.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “INN.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/20635.

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